| highwaystar101 said: It's been known for a long time that Stephen Hawking supports the weak anthropic principle. In fact, he spent a good part of a chapter on it in a brief history of time. He's also expressed his view that the universe doesn't need God to exist before. |
Oh most definitly, it's just the usual media distortion that's freaking people out. Which is sad, since then most people who won't spend the time reading this stuff won't understand the actual story.
You can tell it from the headline... instead of saying
"Stephen Hawking says the big bang wasn't created by god."
it's portrayed as
"God didn't create the universe and doesn't exist."
Not exactly the same thing.
Another problem people make with scientists is treating them like they're probably right.
In reality the best way to treat scientists is... "They're probably less wrong then the last guy."
There is a lot in science that is considered settled... but little that is completely correct and is never changed.
